Peer Pressure Is More Beneficial Than Negative in Character Devlopment

Peer Pressure Is More Beneficial Than Negative in Character Devlopment

1759 WordsAug 2nd, 20128 Pages

When we think of peer pressure we always think of it in terms of "bad". We think of peer pressure in terms of pressure to; smoke, do illicit drugs, drink alcohol, have promiscuous sex, engage in criminal and quasi-criminal behaviour, do violence, join gangs, etc... We rarely think of the many "good" ways that peer pressure can influence us - and neither do the parents of teens!

Peer pressure is not all bad, in fact it is essential to proper social development that we do learn to "follow the crowd". This is how we learn acceptable social norms; that is, how we are expected to act in the world in order to be good people. The trick is learning to tell the difference between between following the crowd and blindly following the crowd. It…show more content…

Bad Habits are Cultivated: Peer pressure forces you to do things you are not comfortable doing. It can even lead you to adopt a certain kind of lifestyle, even if you don't really want to. You may not like partying every weekend, you may not be smoking. But peer pressure is powerful. It can turn you from an always-at-home boy/girl to a complete party animal. It can turn you from a total non-smoker to a chain-smoker. There are so many teenagers who take to drinking against their will, just because their peers force them to. In many cases, peer pressure has been the culprit in creating drug addicts. At that vulnerable age, teenagers do not understand that they are actually ruining their life by giving in to pressure from peers.

Identity is Lost: Peer pressure can lead to loss of individuality. Extreme peer pressure may lead you to follow what your peers feel right. Their pressure may compel you to go by everything they think is right. You follow them blindly; you adopt their tastes of fashion, clothing, hair, music and living at large. Peer pressure can actually lead you to lose your own taste. You feel forced to like what they like and do what they do. Peer pressure is the tendency to join the bandwagon; you lose your originality of thought and conduct. You forget the way you wanted to live. You lose your identity.

increase fluid intelligence, which is the intelligence we use to solve problems (Zichermann). Video games may be more beneficial than we thought.
In today’s society video games have a bad reputation and a negative connotation because research has said that video games promote violence. Stop Teaching Our Kids to Kill by Dave Grossman and Gloria DeGaetano is a book about the negative effect the entertainment industry has on children’s, “We should not be surprised that half the video games that a…

Is technology more hurtful than beneficial?
Introduction:
Within the last century, electronics grew faster than ever anticipated. With computers, cell phones and computers in cell phones, many consumers cannot even use the high-tech electronics sold to them. Whether through new invention or simply by means of innovation, countries are advancing in technology everyday. As technologies advance, a natural side effect of the gains they produce can be seen in the degradation of the local surrounding…

free trade between the countries is measured due to the implementation of globalization. It is a concept of viewing the whole world as a ‘global village.’ But today there is a controversial debate about the topic is globalization has been more harmful than beneficial and in this essay the argument is in the favour of the topic about health, environment, and employment.
Globalization has been benefited global health is stated by the proponents of it. Furthermore, globalization has not only provided…

children’s development through the environmental influences that may promote or affect the development of behavior and achievement through peer pressure and classroom quality (Adams, Ryan, Ketsetzis, and Keating, 2000). The main question the researcher is curious is about understanding the effects of environmental factors towards children. How could peer pressure affect the behavior of children; and to what extent does it influence children? What about the quality of classroom and how can it be applied…

attitudes, beliefs, and behaviors to what individuals perceive as normal of their society or social group. This influence occurs in small groups and society as a whole, and may result from subtle unconscious influences, or direct and overt social pressure. Conformity can occur in the presence of others or when an individual is alone” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conformity)
Has there been a time when you suddenly found yourself watching a group of teens communicate and they all seemed to be…

It is called
peer pressure. It can be disguised in many different forms. In this
essay I am going to look at different ways in which teenagers can be
influenced by peer pressure.
Many teenagers experiment with cigarettes, drugs or alcohol. It is
likely that they take their first cigarette, drink or drug because of
pressure from peers or friends.
The influence of friends who smoke is the main reason teenagers start,
although you are also more likely to start if…

enough, but when other people get involved and pressure you to make a certain choice, it can be much harder.
What is peer pressure? Peer pressure is the influence of a social group on an individual. It is one thing that all teens have in common. You can't escape it. It is everywhere. No matter how popular you are or how together you feel, sooner or later you will have to face peer pressure. Teenagers feel social pressure to conform to the group of peers with whom they socialize. This can influence…

addition, those who failed were left to be weeded out,
Secondly, the idea of natural selection as applied to society. Social Darwinism in our
capitalist society compares wealth with fitness, but historically, these unregulated
markets are not truly beneficial to both social classes, as there are always those who own
less wealth or are physically or mentally handicapped. The Darwinistic economic idea
was most ideal for those already possessing much wealth. Social Darwinism was also
most popular with…

you think somebody else's idea of yourself should be." -- Hussein Nishah
Today, peer group pressure is a major problem for teens, caused by influences imposed by others in the and their wanting to fit into certain groups. Society labeled the more negative peer groups as gangs or cults. Teens in such groups feel they receive prestige from the association. However, not all peer group pressure is a negative influence, such as academic and athletic achievement (Castrogiovanni, 2002).
Studies…

abortions come from women who have one or more children (“In Brief” 2). Most of these women realize that they cannot care for a child on their own (“In Brief” 2). Instead of having an induced abortion, in 2000 the U.S. Food and Drug Administration allowed mifepristone, an abortion drug, available to the public (“In Brief” 3). This allows for less invasive means of terminating a pregnancy. Since technology has advanced so has the safety of having an abortion. Less than 0.3 percent of abortion patients have…